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According to Forbes: "The Key019 from Philips is a Swiss Army knife for the digital age. It doesn't do any one thing great, but it does four things pretty well for such a small device." What it does is:
1. It has an integrated digital still camera with pictures up to 2 megapixels in size.
2. It also has a video camera. Up to 25 minutes of MPEG4 video can be stored.
3. It can play back MP3 music files. Sound quality is excellent but only enough RAM to store about 60 songs.
4. And of course act like any other key chain drive. Full story at: forbes.com
Apple announced last week that its new network management software that will help administrators remotely control systems running Mac OS X--or the Windows or Linux operating systems.
Remote Desktop 2 has more than 50 new features, including the ability to handle desktop management tasks such as installing an operating system or application software, running hardware or software inventory reports or executing commands on one or more Mac terminals remotely. The software sales for $299 for a 10 user license. Read more...
Yes, there will be a second or third supercomputer based on the G5. (Virginia Tech is actually redoing the first, so that would be the second one.) This one like the new one at VT is based on the Xserve instead of desktop machines. They are paying $8.5 million, which sounds like a lot of money until you compare it to the cost of traditional super computers which normally run over $100 million.
Press release at: prnewswire.com
Story at: zdnet.com
According to MacDailyNews.com, the two biggest new features of the mail part of .Mac are alias and spelling checker. The alias means you can have temporary mailing address for specific activities and then drop them so that the companies you are dealing with won't be able to use them for spam. NEAT!! I don't currently have a .mac account, but have been thinking about signing backup this fall. This might do it full story at: macdailynews.com; or take the tour at: mac.com
In exchange for promoting Napster in their stores and advertising, Best Buy is going to get a piece of Roxio. In fact, they will get 6% of the company. This figure is based on the fact that the current stock value of Roxio is $167 million and the deal is they will get $10 million dollars worth. Sounds like a wise investment on Best Buy's part. IF Napster actually does well. We shall see. Full story at ... marketwatch.com
So what is the show going to be like? In an article on TechWeb, David Gardner talks about it. This is the first major event for the new convention center.
They will have a presentation by the team that developed the Mac 20+ years ago. (It was released in 1984.) IDG has really strived to appeal to the end user and the independent dealers and VARs. One way is with a booth by the Apple Specialist Marketing Co-op (ASMC). A co-op is kind of a user group for dealers and VARs. HP will be in that booth. While I saw about a month ago that about 40 vendors had signed up, the number is now up to 63 and I assume still growing. So you need to make plans to come too. I'm planning on being there. Full story from David at ... techweb.com
I have quoted ResearchBuzz.com's newsletter in this column many times in the past. But it has been awhile since I actually visited the web site.
In itself it is interesting leading to an untold number of other sites to look things up. For example the home page as I write this has a link to http://www.prbop.com/ which is "an attempt to catalog those weird and wonderful things that are sent over the PR wires. The following wires are used: PRNewswire, Business Wire, AScribe, MarketWire, and Newswise."
Also list is the "Directory of Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields." It lists air fields that aren't being used as originally proposed. That would be nice to know, if you are crossing the country in your Piper cub. You should go and check it out. If you have occasion to talk to the site editor, Tara Calishain, tell where you heard of the site. Link in to ... researchbuzz.com
Another web site that I have mentioned often is The Internet Tourbus.com. It provides us with lots of fun and some weird web sites as well as useful presentation material. The page they have that is really fun is the one dedicated to web site developers who have to much time on their hands. It is called "Very Strange Things On the Web."
"I always like to know everything about my new friends,
and nothing about my old ones."
- Oscar Wilde
InfoManager is a bit brief this week because Fred was called away for other responsibilities. He'll be back next week with his usual line-up of stories and links. His father passed away on Wednesday. Our thoughts are with him. See: "Harrisonburg Remembers Zane Showker"
Have a great week...
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